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Here is a list of the books I have read in 2017.
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1. Alex + Ada: The Complete Collection by Jonathan Luna & Sarah Vaughn 1/1/17 pub 2016 5 stars2. Half the Way Home: A Memoir of Father & Son by Adam Hochschild 198 pages 1/4/17 pub 1986 3 stars
3. Star Trek New Frontier: Blind Man’s Bluff by Peter David 344 pages 1/6/17 pub 2011 4 stars
4. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society: A Novel by Many Ann Shaffer & Anne Barrows read on Kindle 1/8/17 pub 2008 5 stars
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5. Reader, I Married Him edited by Tracy Chevalier 295 pages 1/14/17 pub 2016 6. Ms. Marvel Vol. 6 Civil War II by G. Willow Wilson & Adrian Alphona 1/14/17 pub 2016
7. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kwamkamba & Bryan Mealer, illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon ~30 pages 1/14/17 pub 2012
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8. Machine Man by Max Barry 274 pages 1/17/17 pub 2011 4 stars
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9. Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer 151/ 195 pages 1/23/17 pub 2014 1 star10. Half- Resurrection Blues by Daniel Jose Older 326 pages 1/27/17 pub 2015 4 stars
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11. Get in Trouble by Kelly Link 333 pages 2/2/17 pub 2015 4 stars
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12. The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae 2/7/17 3 stars13. To Say Nothing of the Dog or How We Found the Bishop’s Bird Stump At Last by Connie Willis 434 pages 2/20/17 5 stars
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I fell behind with these. Most of the books listed I rated 4 to 5 stars.14. Shakespeare Makes the Playoffs by Ron Koertge 170 pages 2/23/17 pub 2010
15. Wildings by Eleanor Glewwe 328 pages 2/25/17 pub 2016
16. Gun with Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem 70/ 262 pages ~2/28/17 pub 1994
17. Kindred by Octavia E. Butler graphic novel adaption by Damian Duffy & John Jennings 240 pages ~3/3/17 pub 2017
18. A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab 3/14/17 pub 2015
19. Enchanted Air- Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir by Margarita Engle 193 pages 3/15/17 pub 2015
20. The Seventh Most Important Thing by Shelly Pearsall 278 pages 3/16/17 pub 2015
21. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 58/ 335 pages 3/20/17 pub 1955 1 star
22. The Saturday Boy by David Fleming 261 pages 3/21/17 pub 2013
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23. Stella by Starlight by Sharon M. Draper 320 pages 3/23/17 pub 201524. Lost in the Sun by Lisa Graff 289 pages 3/25/17 pub 2015
25. Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs 371 pages 3/25/17 pub 2017
26. Underground Airlines by Ben H. Winters 326 pages 3/29/17 pub 2016 5 stars
27. The Mothers by Brit Bennett 275 pages 3/31/17 pub 2016
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28. It Takes a Village: A Memoir of Life After the City by Jim Mullen 215 pages 4/2/17 pub 2001 3 stars
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29. These Heroic, Happy Dead by Luke Mogelson 185 pages 4/5/17 pub 2016 4 stars
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30. Doctor Who: The Legends of River Song 219 page 4/8/17 pub 2016 3- 4 stars31. Short by Holly Goldberg Sloan 296 pages 4/10/17 pub 2017 5 stars
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32. Changing Planes by Ursula K. Le Guin 246 pages pub 2003 Read 105 pages, eight of the short stories, so far on 4/14/17. I haven't finished this one yet; I finished this 4/25/17. Didn't like it. 1 star.33. A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent by Marie Brennan 334 pages 4/18/17 pub 2013 4 stars
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34. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas 464 pages 4/20/17 pub 2017 5 stars35. Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets by Kwame Alexander, with Chris Colderley and Marjory Wentworth illustrated by Ekua Holmes 49 pages 4/20/17 pub 2017 4 stars
36. Where Desert Spirits Crown the Night by Charles de Lint 64 pages 4/22/17 pub 1994 4 stars
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37. The Tropic of Serpents: A Memoir by Lady Trent by Marie Brennan 331 pages 4/30/17 pub 2014 4 stars38. Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files: Wild Card written by Jim Butcher & Mark Powers 144 pages 4/30/17 pub 2016
39. The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon 348 pages 5/1/17 pub 2016 4 stars
40. Mary Astor’s Purple Diary: The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936 by Edward Sorel 167 pages 5/3/17 pub 2016
41. Voyage of the Basilisk: A Memoir by Lady Trent by Marie Brennan 348 pages 5/7/17 pub 2015
42. Paroles by Jacques Pr̀evert, translated by Lawrence Ferlinghetti 71 pages 5/7/17 pub 1958
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43. In the Labyrinth of Drakes: A Memoir by Lady Trent by Marie Brennan 350 pages 5/13/17 pub 2016 4 stars
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44. League of Dragons: The Final Temeraire Novel by Naomi Novik 433 pages 5/22/17 pub 2016 4 stars45. We’ll Always Have Casablanca: The Life, Legend, and Afterlife of Hollywood’s Most Beloved Movie by Noah Isenberg 275 pages +50 + pages of Acknowledgment, Notes, & Index 5/25/17 pub 2017 5 stars
46. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout 270 pages 5/28/17 pub 2008 1 star
47. Who Was Charlie Chaplin? By Patricia Brennan Demuth, illustrated by Gregory Copeland 106 pages 5/29/17 pub 2016 3 stars
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48. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman 370 pages 6/8/17 pub 2016 4 stars
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49. Mockingbird Songs: My Friendship with Harper Lee by Wayne Flynt 210 pages 6/9/17 pub 2017 5 stars
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50. All American Boys by Jason Reynolds & Brendan Kiely 310 pages 6/11/17 pub 2015 5 stars
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51. Crosstalk by Connie Willis 498 pages 6/18/17 pub 2016 5 stars
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52. Human Acts by Han King, translation by Deborah Smith 218 pages 6/20/17 pub 2017 in English, 2014 in Korean. 4 stars;53. Almost, Maine by John Cariani 80 pages 6/21/17 pub 2008 4 stars
54. Bitch Planet by Kelly Sue DeConnick 6/21/17 pub 2015 5 stars.
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55. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas 6/23/17 Reread two months after I read it first 5 stars56. Al Franken Giant of the Senate by Al Franken 406 pages 6/26/17 pub 2017 5 stars
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57. American Street by Ibi Zoboi 324 pages 6/29/17 pub 2017 3 stars58. Wonder Woman Odyssey by J. Michael Straczynski 6/29/17 pub 2011 2 stars
59. Wonder Woman The True Amazon by Jill Thompson 6/30/17 pub 2016 3 stars
60. Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham 371 pages 7/1/17 pub 2017 5 stars
61. Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson 261 pages 7/2/17 pub 2017 5 stars
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62. American War by Omar El Akkad 333 pages 7/7/17 pub 2017 4- 5 stars63. Wonder Woman: Earth One Volume 1 by Grant Morrison, Yanick Paquette 7/7/17 pub 2016 1 star
64. Wonder Woman Love and Murder by Jodi Picoult, Drew Johnson 128 pages 7/7/17 pub 2007 3 stars
65. Midnight Without a Moon by Linda Williams Jackson 312 pages 7/9/17 pub 2017 4-5 stars
66. Wonder Woman vol.1 Blood by Brian Azzarello, Cliff Chiang 160 pages 7/10/17 pub 2013 2 stars
67. Wonder Woman vol.1 The Lies by Greg Rucka, Liam Sharp 7/10/17 pub 2017 3 stars
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68. The Ten- Cent Plague: The Great Comic- Book Scare and How It Changed America by David Hajdu 434 pages 7/12/17 pub 2008 3 stars69. Wonder Woman: Odyssey vol. 2 by J. Michael Straczynski, Phil Hester pub 2012 7/13/17 192 pages 3 stars
70. The World According to Wonder Woman by Matthew K.Manning, ill by Paul Bulman 63 pages 7/13/17 pub 2015 3 stars
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71. Ex-Communication by Peter Clines 343 pages 7/15/17 pub 2013 3 stars72. March Book Two by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell 187 pages 7/15/17 pub 2015 4- 5 stars
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73. March Book Three by Congressman John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell 246 pages 7/17/17 pub 2016 5 stars74. Avengers: The Children’s Crusade by Allen Heinberg, Jim Cheung 248 pages 7/20/17 pub 2012 3 stars
75. Bannerless by Carrie Vaughn 274 pages 7/22/17 pub 2017 4 stars
76. Green Lantern: Rebirth by Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver 176 pages 7/23/17 pub 2010 3 stars
77. Forever, or a Long, Long Time by Caela Carter 309 pages ~7/24/17 pub 2017 4- 5 stars
78. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison 16 cds, read by Joe Morton, 568 pages 7/25/17 First chapter published 1947, the book was published in 1952 5 stars
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79. Seven Stones to Stand or Fall by Diana Gabaldon 521 pages 7/29/17 pub 2017 4- 5 stars
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80. We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo 296 pages 7/30/17 pub 2013 4 stars81. Mule Bone: A Comedy of Negro Life by Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston 282 pages 7/31/17 pub 1991, “Mule Bone” the play written and copyrighted in 1931, but not published until 1991, it was based on a short story by Hurston, “The Bone of Contention," which along with letters from the authors, introductions by scholars and a hint of why this play wasn't produced. 3 stars
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82. Sons and Soldiers: The Untold Story of the Jews Who Escaped the Nazis and Returned with the U.S. Army to Fight Hitler by Bruce Henderson 429 pages 8/3/17 pub 2017 5 stars83. Julia Vanishes by Catherine Egan 375 pages 8/5/17 pub 2016 4 stars
84. You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me: a Memoir by Sherman Alexie 454 pages 8/8/17 pub 2017 5 stars
85. All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders 313 pages 8/13/17 pub 2016 4 stars
86. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson 212 pages ~8/17/19 pub 2016 2 stars
87. An Age of License by Lucy Knisley 195 pages ~8/18/17 pub 2014 5 stars
88. Becoming Unbecoming by Una 211 pages 8/18/17 pub 2016 5 stars
89. Displacement by Lucy Knisley 161 pages 8/19/17 pub 2015 4 stars
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90. “Proof” by David Auburn 83 pages ~8/20/17 pub 2001 2 stars91. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie 230 pages 8/27/17 pub 2007 5 stars reread
92. “Inventing Van Gogh” by Steven Dietz 66 pages 8/28/17 pub 2004
93. Ms. Marvel: Civil War II by G. Willow Wilson, Adrian Alphona 8/29/17 pub 2016 4 stars, though when I read it first in January I gave it 5 stars.
94. Fish Girl by David Wiesner & Donna Jo Napoli 187 pages 8/29/17 pub 2017 3- 4 stars
95. Solo by Kwame Alexander with Mary Rand Hess 458 pages 8/31/17 pub 2017 2 stars
96. Ms. Marvel: Damage Per Second by G. Willow Wilson, Adrian Alphona 8/31/17 pub 2017
97. Ronit & Jamil by Pamela L. Laskin 183 pages 9/1/17 pub 2017 2 stars
98. The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices by Xinran, translated by Esther Tyldesley 242 pages 9/3/17 pub 2002 4 stars
99. Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley 269 pages 9/4/17 pub 2017 5 stars
100. Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin 272 pages 9/6/17 pub 2010 4 stars
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101. Ex Libris: Stories of Librarians, Libraries and Lore edited by Paula Guran 383 pages 9/13/17 pub 2017 4 stars102. Day of the Dead: A Babylon 5 Script by Neil Gaiman 55 pages 9/13/17 pub 1998 4- 5 stars
103. Champions: Change the World by Mark Waid & Humberto Ramos 136 pages 9/13/17 pub 2017 3 stars
104. The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit and Other Plays by Ray Bradbury 161 pages 9/14/17 pub 1972 4 stars
105. Six Science Fiction Plays ed. by Roger Elwood 368 pages ~9/16/17 pub 1976
106. Geek Theater ed. Jen Gunnels & Erin Underwood 9/18/17 4- 5 stars I concentrated on the short plays this reread.
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107. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder 126 pages 9/19/17 pub 2017 5 stars108. The City on the Edge of Forever by Harlan Ellison 277 pages 9/20/17 pub 1995 5 stars
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109. The Golem of Hollywood by Jonathan Kellerman & Jesse Kellerman 550 pages 9/23/17 pub 2014 2 stars110. Stephen Colbert’s Midnight Confessions by
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111. Not One Damsel in Distress: World Folktales for Strong Girls by Jane Yolen, ill by Susan Guevara 116 pages ~9/26/17 pub 2000 4 stars112. Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder 269 pages 9/27/17 pub 2017 4- 5 stars
113. Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin 294 pages 9/29/17 pub 2017 4 stars
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114. Survivors Club: The True Story of a Very Young Prisoner of Auschwitz by Michael Bornstein & Debbie Bornstein Holinstat 313 pages 9/30/17 pub 2017 4 - 5 stars
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115. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly 349 pages 10/5/17 pub 2016 3 starsThe Movie was better, for me.
116. Forest Dark by Nicole Krauss 163/ 290 pages 10/9/17 pub 2017 2 stars
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117. On Such a Full Sea by Chang- Rae Lee 352 pages 10/13/17 pub 2014 3- 4 stars118. American Blonde by Jennifer Nevin 369 pages 10/15/17 pub 2014 2- 3 stars
119. The Outliers by Kimberley McCreight 334 pages 10/16/17 pub 2016 1- 2 stars
120. Like One of the Family: Conversations from a Domestic’s Life by Alice Childress 221 pages 10/18/17 pub in 1956 with a new (2017) forward by Roxane Gay & introduction by Trudier Harris 4 stars.
121. The Vanek Plays by Vaclav Havel 75 pages 10/19/17 pub 1978 & translated in 1984, except for “Audience” and “Unveiling” which were translated in 1986. 4 stars.
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122. No Good Deed by Goldy Moldavsky 345 pages 10/22/17 pub 2017 2 stars123. Guts: The Anatomy of The Walking Dead by Paul Vigna 319 pages 10/23/17 pub 2017 4- 5 stars
124. A Secret History of Witches by Louisa Morgan 484 pages 10/25/17 pub 2017 3.5 stars
125. My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris 10/26/17 pub 2016 5 stars!
126. The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters 318 pages 10/27/17 pub 2012 4 stars
127. The Nowhere Girls by Amy Reed 404 pages 10/28/17 pub 2017 5 stars
128. Far from the Tree by Robin Benway 374 pages 10/29/17 pub 2017 3 - 4 stars
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129. Midnight Taxi Tango by Daniel Jose Older 323 pages 11/2/17 pub 2016 4 stars130. Alias by Brian Michael Bendis 208 pages 11/3/17 pub 2003 4 stars
131. wishtree by Katherine Applegate 215 pages 11/4/17 pub 2017 5 stars
132. Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds 306 pages 11/5/17 pub 2017 4 - 5 stars
133. Yvain: The Knight of the Lion by M.T. Anderson illustrated by Andrea Offerman 127 pages 11/5/17 pub 2017 4 stars
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134. Battle Hill Bolero by Daniel Jose Older 320 pages 11/12/17 pub 2017 4 stars135. The Care and Feeding of a Pet Black Hole by Michelle Cuevas 202 pages 11/14/17 pub 2017 4.5 stars
136. Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead: Return to Woodbury by Jay Bonansigna 276 pages 11/16/17 pun 2017 4 stars
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137. Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay 318 pages 11/26/17 pub 2014 4- 5 stars138. Heather, the Totality by Matthew Weiner 138 pages 11/26/17 pub 2017 3 stars
139. Runaway Dreidel by Leslea Newman, ill by Kyrsten Brooker 11/26/17 pub 2002 2 stars
140. Survivor Café: The Legacy of Trauma and the Labyrinth of Memory by Elizabeth Rosner 253 pages 11/26/17 pub 2017 5 stars
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141. Uncommon Type: Some Stories by Tom Hanks 403 pages 11/29/17 pub 2017 4 stars142. Hiddensee by Gregory Maguire 150/ 283 pages ~12/1/17 pub 2017 2 stars
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143. We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta- Nehisi Coates 367 pages 12/11/17 pub 2017 5 stars144. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Ericka L. Sanchez 344 pages 12/12/17 pub 2017 4 - 5 stars
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145. Tru & Nelle: A Christmas Tale by G. Neri 291 pages 12/13/17 pub 2017 146. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo 465 pages 12/17/17 pub 2015
147. In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez 63/ 324 pages 12/19/17 pub 1995 3 stars
148. Carry On by Rainbow Rowell 521 pages 12/22/17 pub 2015
149. Lighting the Flames by Sarah Wendell 177 pages 12/23/17 pub 2015 3 stars
150. Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde 262 pages 12/24/17 pub 2017
151. The Right Side by Spencer Quinn 35/ 323 pages pub 2017 I didn't finish this because I lost this library book ~11/14/17, not because I wasn't enjoying it.
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152. The Wonderling by Mira Bartok 107/ 450 pages ~12/25/17 153. The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden 322 pages 12/31/17 pub 2017
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My favorites in 2017:Underground Airlines
Short
The Hate U Give
All American Boys
Crosstalk
Dreamland Burning
American War
Invisible Man
Sons and Soldiers: The Untold Story of the Jews Who Escaped the Nazis and Returned with the U.S. Army to Fight Hitler
Becoming Unbecoming
Words in Deep Blue
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1
Wishtree
Survivor Cafe: The Legacy of Trauma and the Labyrinth of Memory
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
The Bear and the Nightingale
Alex + Ada: The Complete Collection
Mockingbird Songs: My Friendship with Harper Lee
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